Meetings Calendar

This calendar is a service for the travel medicine community. The listings come from reputable individuals within the community but are not checked or necessarily endorsed by ISTM.

Conferences

2019

Senior travellers on the move: a focus on vaccine-preventable diseases, 11-12 April 2019, San Servolo Island, Venice, Italy This First International Meeting is jointly organized by the European Interdisciplinary Council on Ageing (EICA) and the Italian Society of Travel and Migration Medicine (SIMVIM). The goal is to assist participants in the broadening of their knowledge on vaccine-preventable diseases in senior travellers and in solving doubts on correct indications and contraindictations for each vaccine. There will be presentations by leading experts in the field and discussion.www.aristea.com/seniortravellers/

International Society of Travel Medicine 16th Conference, CISTM16, 5-9 June 2019, Washington DC, United States of America The CISTM is the premiere opportunity for travel medicine specialists and practitioners to gather - delegates attend the conference to keep up to date on advances in the science and art or travel medicine, to learn about new and innovative treatments, technologies, products and services and to spend time with colleagues in the field.www.ISTM.org/cistm16

Online Education

ABC of Travel Health Course. The British Global and Travel Health Association (BGTHA) has released 10 short on-line courses as an introduction and/or refresher in travel medicine for doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. It incorporates self-assessment questions and covers topics including: Information Gathering, Risk Assessment, Prevention of lllness in Travellers, Vaccinations and Malaria Prophylaxis, those with Special Needs, Managing Illness Abroad and after Return as well as guidance on setting up and running a Travel Clinic. A certificate is awarded upon course completion. This course is formally accredited by the UK Royal College of General Practitioners and is recommneded for 23 Continuting Professional Development (CPD) points by the Faculty of Travel Medicine at The RCP&S of Glasgow. Editors are Professor Eric Walker and Senior Lecturer Mike Townend from Glasgow University, with contributions from travel medicine expert Fellows and Members of the Faculty.www.abcoftravelhealth.com

ISTM Online Learning Curriculum ISTM Online Learning Curriculum. To expand the reach of the ISTM educational events, it has captured individual sessions from recent Travel Medicine and Review Courses as well as recent International Conferences of the ISTM and have made them available through the internet. Topics are relevant to all travel medicine practitioners, with both introductory and more advanced content. Offering both video with synchronized slides, and audio with synchronized slides, individual sessions range from 30 minutes to four hours.istm.peachnewmedia.com/store/provider/provider09.php.

THE LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE (LSTM) – Online Travel Vaccinations: Principles & Practice course. This new online course aims to equip new and experienced practitioners in the development of their vaccination knowledge and skills within a travel health setting. It will provide a platform of confident practice, reflection and continuing professional development (CPD) through interactive learning with subject specialists and peers – IN YOUR OWN TIME (within the 5 weeks, approx. 4-5 learning hours per week). Delivered by experienced clinical professionals from LSTM who have wide experience of advising global travellers and teaching health professionals about travel health. Course curriculum includes: Vaccine preventable diseases of importance to the travel health practitioner, Accessing reliable evidence based country specific vaccine information, The immune system and the interplay with vaccines, Types of vaccines, Practical aspects of administering multiple vaccines and vaccine scheduling, Application of knowledge using travel scenarios for vaccine administration, Factors that affect vaccine delivery including cold chain and traveller specific issues such as existing health problems.
For more information, email us at myistm@istmed.ac.uk.

The Travel Health 101TM Provider Course. The course gives the health care provider starting out in the field basic and practical travel health care information. Attendees receive 2 months' access to the course material (PowerPoint slides with narration), and will be able to print out handouts to save. They also have the option of contacting the author (Lynne Bunnell, RN with over 25 years of travel health experience) if they have questions while taking the course or reviewing the case studies. After returning the evaluation and post-test, attendees will receive a 5 CME certificate.www.travelhealth101.com

The University of Minnesota/CDC Global Health Course. Enrollment is open for all seven online modules of the Global Health Course. The University of Minnesota's Global Health Course is one of 17 accredited global health courses in the world, and the only course co-sponsored by the CDC. It includes training presented by more than 170 faculty experts in an effort to help medical trainees, practicing physicians, public health professionals, and other health care providers provide the highest quality of care to their patients in the United Sates or abroad. The overall goal of the course is to reduce health disparities in the Global Village. Participants may register for any or all of the subject-specific, stand-alone modules and take them in any order, over multiple years. To fulfill the entire course, all seven online modules plus any two of the in-person course modules must be completed. Completion of the entire course curriculum meets the ASTMH requirements to sit for the examination that leads to a Certificate in Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health (CTropMed®).